Persistent vegetative state after brain damage. A syndrome in search of a name

Lancet. 1972 Apr 1;1(7753):734-7. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(72)90242-5.
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MeSH terms

  • Akinetic Mutism
  • Autonomic Nervous System / physiopathology*
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / complications*
  • Brain Death
  • Brain Diseases / physiopathology*
  • Brain Stem / physiopathology
  • Cerebral Cortex / physiopathology
  • Coma
  • Decerebrate State
  • Dementia
  • Ethics, Professional
  • Humans
  • Reflex
  • Terminology as Topic*
  • Time Factors